The Foreign Service Journal, January 2012

A FSA is pleased to announce it is awarding $179,400 in un- dergraduate college need-based AFSA Financial Aid Scholarships in the 2011-2012 academic year to 68 chil- dren of Foreign Service employees. TheAFSA Scholarship Pro- gram administers the Diplomatic and Consular Officers Retired-Bacon House Foundation Financial Aid Scholarships and awards scholarships in the name of other organizations, in- cluding the Associates of the American Foreign Service World- wide and Public Members Association of the Foreign Service. These organizations, along with individual donors who have established annual and perpetual scholarships, provide critical support. Our scholarship program also benefits from the AFSA Scholarship Fund Endowment, as well as donations amassed during our annual appeal and the Combined Federal Campaign. AFSA’s Scholarship Committee provides oversight of the programs. In May 2011, the AFSAMerit Awards Program (sponsored by the AFSA Scholarship Fund) awarded $44,000 in Academic and Art Merit Awards to 28 students. These one-time-only awards honor the academic and art accomplishments of For- 2011-2012 AFSA Financial Aid Scholars AFSA Scholarship and Merit Awards Programs BY LORI DEC, AFSA SCHOLARSHIP ADMINISTRATOR Sarajin Ali — daughter of Karl and Nahid Fritz. Recipient of the Arthur B. Emmons Memorial Financial Aid Scholarship, the Harry A. Havens Memorial Financial Aid Scholarship and the Robert E. and Florence L. Macaulay Memorial Financial Aid Scholarship. She is currently attending Virginia Tech. Helene Andang — daughter of Catherine and Guy Andang. Recipient of the Charles B. Hosmer Memorial Financial Aid Scholarship, the Ruth Frost Hoyt Memorial Financial Aid Scholarship and the George and Mattie Newman Memorial Financial Aid Scholarship. She is currently attending John Carroll University. Leannique Badinga — daughter of Leslie-Ann Burnette-Badinga. Recipient of the Harriet Winsar Isom Financial Aid Scholarship, the Prabhi G. Kavaler Memorial Financial Aid Scholarship and the George and Mattie Newman Memorial Financial Aid Scholarship. She is currently attending Randolph Macon College. Deanna Collins — daughter of David and Donna Collins. Recipient of the George and Mattie Newman Memorial Financial Aid Scholarship. She is currently attending Evangel University. Erika Cummings — daughter of Constance and David Cummings. Recipient of the Elbert G. and Naomi M. Mathews Memorial Financial Aid Scholarship. She is currently attending the University of Oklahoma. Anthony Charles — son of Rose Beauchesne and Cleveland Charles. Recipient of the Turner C. Cameron Memorial Financial Aid Scholarship, the Gertrude Stewart Memorial Financial Aid Scholarship and the Dorothy Osborne and Theodore Xanthaky Memorial Financial Aid Scholarship. He is currently attending the University of Virginia. Russell Charles — son of Rose Beauchesne and Cleveland Charles. Recipient of the Ambassador Rozanne L. (Roz) Ridgway Financial Aid Scholarship, the Walter K. Schwinn Memorial Financial Aid Scholarship and the Clarke Winship Slade Memorial Financial Aid Scholarship. He is currently attending the College of the Atlantic. Zachary Charles — son of Rose Beauchesne and Cleveland Charles. Recipient of the Louis C. Boochever Memorial Financial Aid Scholarship, the Lawsuit over the Movie "Missing” Scholarship, the Naomi Pekmezian Memorial Financial Aid Scholarship and the Lowell C. Pinkerton Memorial Financial Aid Scholarship. He is currently attending the University of Pennsylvania. Financial Aid Scholarship Recipients Lovinda Badinga — daughter of Leslie-Ann Burnette- Badinga. Recipient of the Thomas J. Dunnigan Annual Memorial Financial Aid Scholarship, the Marcia Martin Moore Memorial Financial Aid Scholarship and the Dorothy Osborne and Theodore Xanthaky Memorial Financial Aid Scholarship. She is currently attending California State University–East Bay. 52 F O R E I G N S E R V I C E J O U R N A L / J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 2 A F S A N E W S